Italian Community Bake Oven

Italian Community Bake Oven is a historic community bake oven located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built about 1891 and is abandoned. The utilitarian structure consists of a large rectangle of stone masonry outer walls enclosing the brick bake oven. The dimensions are approximately 16 feet wide, 20 feet deep, and 6 feet high. It was built to furnish large quantities of bread for Italian immigrant railroad workers in a work camp during 1891–1893.[2]

Italian Community Bake Oven
Italian Community Bake Oven is located in New York
Italian Community Bake Oven
Italian Community Bake Oven is located in the United States
Italian Community Bake Oven
LocationNY 167, Little Falls, New York
Coordinates43°2′21″N 74°50′2″W / 43.03917°N 74.83389°W / 43.03917; -74.83389
Arealess than one acre
Built1891
NRHP reference No.06001003[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 2006

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Raymond W. Smith (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Italian Community Bake Oven". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-08. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
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